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SETKEY:
05/24/84
NOTE: Program results function only on DOS versions of 2.00 and
higher. Otherwise, without ANSI.SYS driver the ESC codes sent to the
processor for the keyboard will be IGNORED. And no changes can be made.
Basic program to exploit the power of ANSI.SYS You must have done
IPL with "DEVICE=ANSI.SYS" in your CONFIG.SYS file. The program will
build you a new one if it doesn't find it on the disk.
What to do is load basica. Run SETKEY, either use an existing file
or create a new one with alternate definitions. The program will not
disturb the DOS editing function keys, unless you explicitily request it
to do so. ANY key on the keyboard may be redefined with any string you
like. You may also modify the CR (Carriage return char to anything you
like. Modify Z$ in line 190, it is now set to "[" this char is seldom
used in DOS strings.
When the program run is over and you exit back to DOS issue the
command TYPE <FNAM.EXT> ; where FNAM.EXT is the key assignment file
written by SETKEY. The file will appear blank because the entire file
is just ESC (escape) codes which ANSI.SYS interprets. Therefore, before
the changes will be effective, ANSI.SYS must have been made resident at
IPL time. If this is not so, re-boot after putting DEVICE=ANSI.SYS in
CONFIG.SYS on the system IPL disk volume.
The most common assignments are for the function keys to: dir b:[,
dir a:[, dir c:/p[, cls[ etc. These functions come in very handy.
It also makes excellent usage of the IBM supplied device driver
ANSI.SYS to make your keyboard very flexible.